We love contrarians. We love hearing unique view points and so one of our favorite things to ask folks is for them to tell us something they believe that most people in their industry disagree with. Check out some of those responses below.

Anita Henderson

In the world of entrepreneurship, particularly among solopreneurs — those single-owner, small business, mostly service-focused enterprises where the owner/CEO is often the sole employee — there is this “hustle and grind” culture. For some reason, people have taken the red pill and think that the harder they work the more they will earn and the bigger their business will be. This can’t be farther from the truth. Even worse, these business owners keep telling themselves and others to “Get outside your comfort zone.” Sad thing is, they don’t even know what their comfort zone is. Read more>>

Dr. Taylor Smeenk

This question jumped out at me because I feel so passionately about my answer. It was either this one or “what do you think it takes to be successful” and honestly, I could write a novel on both.

The thing I believe that most people in my industry, and in general disagree with is this: there is no quick fix, no magic pill, no one-size fits all approach, no doctor or practitioner, not even a complete holistic health care model such as the one Empact Wellness operates by who will heal you, except Y O U. Read more>>

Kristina Bozanich

In today’s world, social media has absolutely transformed the way that we conduct business and market ourselves. There is a high pressure to have this online presence that constantly engages, responds, and adapts to the algorithms. There is a reason as to why social media management can cost thousands a month for a single business. Being in this industry myself, my own business even services social media management, content, and strategy. Read more>>

Michael Lobato

Over the years doing dog training I’ve seen and been victim of becoming absolute in any one method/way of working with dogs or how to convey that message to owners. When you first start out as a trainer you only know what you’ve been shown. Generally by someone else that has been doing whatever that thing is for a long time. These mentors or methodologies can become the end all be all in anything we do, because we only know the information they gave us at the time. When you don’t know other methods or ways of doing things you can end up in a bubble and dismiss new information. Part of this, I believe, comes from fear. Read more>>

Staci Rogers

I think one of the biggest things people in the photography industry don’t agree with is your equipment. While I do agree that for certain things like sports, or something fast paced you want to make sure you have a good lens and a camera that can capture clear movements; I personally feel for anything other than that; the equipment doesn’t matter. Photography for me is an art form, art looks and feels different to everyone. So someone might have a $50 camera, or even a Polaroid camera and take some great shots. Someone might have a $10,000 set up and also take amazing shots. Read more>>